Speakers Bureau
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518 Water Street
Sheboygan Falls, 
WI 53085

Phone: 920-467-4667 Fax:  920-467-1395

 

 

E-Mail:
 schrc@att.net

The Research Center has some exciting information available for presentation to your organization. Let the Research Center help you plan the entertainment for your program. 

The Center maintains slide programs on various topics and provides qualified speakers.

There is a $25.00 charge per event. This includes charges for slides, speaker, projector and screen. A two week notice is required to reserve the materials and schedule the speaker. Programs can last from twenty minutes to an hour.

1875 Atlas-- 1862 Map of Sheboygan County
Original sketches plus photo updates and details of these locations in Sheboygan County (268 slides).

Architecture Programs
The slide programs were prepared by local architect Fred Steinhaus for presentation to various groups (340 slides in five slide shows).

Baum Sketches--Buchen Stories
1945 Sheboygan County sketches (52) plus photos of these locations (154) slides.

Cemeteries and Gravestones of Sheboygan County
Exploring the genealogy and local history, art and poetry to be found in Sheboygan County cemeteries (168 slides).

Chair Manufacturing in Sheboygan County
Program supplementing the published book of Sheboygan County chair making (54 slides).

Children of Sheboygan County
The boys and girls of Sheboygan County in various activities through the years (60 slides).

Christmas Postcards of the early 1900s
No script. The elaborate and colorful Christmas cards of the era (120 slides).

Indians of Sheboygan County
Mound builders, the Indians who met the white settlers in the 1800s, and something of the way of life of those first settlers of Sheboygan County (169 slides).

Interurbans--Streetcars of Sheboygan County
The electric railways of the city and county from infance to obsolescence (91 slides).

Lake Michigan Fishing 
(39 slides)

Mill House Restoration
The project of restoring this 1837 building and creating the Research Center (68 slides).

Millersville and Howards Grove
The history of these communities through old photographs (45 slides).

Magic Lantern Cartoons from 1900
Program can be any size to fit time available (94 slides).

Oostburg and Cedar Grove
The history of these communities through old photographs (32 slides).

Plymouth Architecture- Downtown and Residential
History of landmarket and historically prominent buildings.

Plymouth Mill Street
General views in different years (47 slides).

Plymouth Mill Street Stores Now and Then
(169 slides).

Plymouth Public and Commercial Buildings
 (120 slides).

Plymouth Residences of the First 100 Years
Explores owners and architecture (154 slides).

Plymouth Utility Park Area Changes Through the Years
(24 slides).

Postcards of Early Sheboygan County
Colorful postcards from the early 1900s (278 slides).

Railroads of Sheboygan County
The history of the three railroad corridors of Sheboygan County (77 slides).

Rhine Township and Elkhart Lake
The rural area of the township and the growth of tourism in the Elkhart Lake area (93 slides).

C. Reiss Coal
(41 slides).

Russell and Greenbush Townships
The story of the Sheboygan Marsh, Greenbush, Glenbeulah, and Kettle Moraine (79 slides).

Sheboygan County Historical Research Center
A pictorial tour of the Mill House and the holdings of the Research Center (74 slides).

Sheboygan Harbor
Government and miscellaneous activities including lighthouses, piers, Yacht Club, Coast Guard, Navy Reserve, dredging, bridges, shipbuilding, disasters, and mishaps (116 slides).

Sheboygan Lakeshore
(63 slides).

Ships in Sheboygan Harbor
(97 slides).

Slides of Sheboygan County Historical Research Center Garden
A season in the historical garden at the Research Center (55 slides).

Sheboygan Falls Architecture
 (40 slides).

Slides Sheboygan Falls Cole Historic District
The buildings in and around the Cole Historic District (63 slides).

Sheboyan Falls Downtown
The commercial buildings of Pine and Broadway Streets (192 slides).

Sheboygan Falls White House Plus
Landmarked homes, White House landmarked homes, and other interesting old homes (110 slides).

Wars
Sheboygan county participation in the various wars of our past (50 slides).

Winter in Sheboygan County
The work of and in winter, moving ice and snow, beauty of winter and Christmas (95 slides).

Yankee--Ethnic Settlers of Sheboygan County
The story of some of the early settlers of the area documented by cemetery records (48 slides).

Discussion Promoting Slide Shows

The following programs may be borrowed for one week for $2.00. These programs are presented with elder-care homes in mind. They have from 12-20 slides and were created to facilitate discussion among those whose memories need a little help remembering old, familiar places and events. Also, they offer interesting vignettes into the earlier days of our community for anyone who grew up here.

  • Landmarks around Sheboygan County (18 slides)
  • People in the News (14 slides)
  • Sports in Sheboygan County (13 slides)
  • Schools of Sheboygan County (18 slides)
  • Vehicles, Horse Drawn and Other (13 slides)
  • Life on the Farm (17 slides)
  • The Farming Season (19 slides)
  • Sheboygan County Homes (18 slides)
  • A Day at the Lake (15 slides)
  • Winters Past in Sheboygan County (17 slides)
  • Downtown Sheboygan (16 slides)
  • Parades (13 slides)
  • Recreation--Taking the Day or Night Off (18 slides)
  • Babies, Women's Fashions, and Weddings (19 slides)
  • Streetcars and the Interurban Line (16 slides)
  • Transportation Planes, Trains and Ships (14 slides)
  • Inside the Store (16 Slides)
  • Automobiles (18 Slides)
  • 1929 Demonstration Home (16 Slides)
  • Workers and Work Places in Sheboygan County (16 Slides)
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